Boston Public LibraryJames McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings / American Artists
Street at Saverne
Item Information
- Title:
- Street at Saverne
- Description:
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A night scene in a narrow street, which seems to end at a barrier. Along the left side is a row of adjoining irregular buildings in brilliant moonlight crossed by strong shadows. Light radiates from a lantern that projects from the wall of a high building at the right. A single figure stands near a doorway halfway down the street. The sky is strongly shaded. Near the bottom, at the left, "Whistler."
- Artist:
- Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
- Date:
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[1858]
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Streets
Buildings
Night
- Places:
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France > Grand Est (region) > Saverne
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 21 x 16 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076j89b
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 19
Handwritten on item: One of twelve etchings from nature, French set.
Additional information accompanying item: Saverne is a town in Alsace, now Zabern.
- Notes (date):
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Date supplied by cataloger.
This date is inferred.
- Notes (citation):
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Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
- Notes (object):
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Fourth state of five.
The upper part of the gate has been reworked with close horizontal lines; there is slight shading at the top of the lamp (A. W. Scholle).
- Identifier:
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17_14_000036
W. 1183 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000188140
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